Psalms 7:2

Psalms 7:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
• New International Version (NIV)or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Context of Psalms 7:2

1Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me; Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer. 3Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands; 4If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

Psalms 7:2 word by word

פֶּן־יִטְרֹ֣ף כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י פֹּ֝רֵ֗ק וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear

• delivererיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467

Cross-references for Psalms 7:2

• Psalms 35:15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
• Isaiah 38:13I kept still until the morning; ...as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
• Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
• Psalms 17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
• Psalms 22:13They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
• Deuteronomy 33:20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad! As a lion doth he dwell, and teareth the arm, even the top of the head.
• Proverbs 19:12The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
• 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood with [me], and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all [those of] the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.
• Psalms 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
• Hosea 13:7And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;
• Judges 18:28And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with [any] man; and it [lay] in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.
• 2 Samuel 14:6And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.
• Job 10:7Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

Commentaries on Psalms 7:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Lest he tear my soul like a lion - These words seem to answer well to Saul. As the lion is king in the forest; so was Saul king over the land. As the lion, in his fierceness, seizes at once, and tears his prey in pieces; so David expected to be seized and suddenly destroyed by Saul. He had already, in his rage, thrown his javelin at him, intending to have pierced him to the wall with it. As from the power of the lion no beast in the forest could deliver…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Lest he - Lest “Cush” should do this. See the title, and the introduction to the psalm, Section 2. Tear my soul like a lion - Tear or rend my “life” - that is, “me” - like a lion. The word rendered “soul” here - נפשׁ nephesh - refers, as it properly does elsewhere, to the “life,” and not to the soul, as we use the term, denoting the thinking, immortal part. The simple idea is, that David was apprehensive of his “life,” and, in order to indicate his great…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Like a lion, a wicked enemy relentlessly and violently pursues its prey (Psalms 10:9; 17:12; 22:13, 21; 35:17; 57:4), but God promises victory (91:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171-2. Though many enemies set upon him, one is singled out as prominent, and compared to a wild beast tearing his prey to pieces (compare 1Sa 20:1; 23:23; 26:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 7:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Lion

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Commentaries on Psalms 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary